Medical episode suspected in fatal Oshawa crash

OSHAWA -- A man whose car veered off a road in Oshawa Monday evening died after an apparent medical episode, police said.

Witnesses rushed to provide assistance to the 59-year-old man but he was declared dead at hospital following the incident, at about 7:10 p.m., Durham police said.

The man, whose name wasn’t released, was northbound on Stevenson Road near Gibb Street when his Chev Impala slowly veered across oncoming lanes and onto a grass boulevard on the west side of the street. It came to a stop when it nudged against the front porch of a home, police said.